String Quintet No. 2 (Mendelssohn)
# String Quintet No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

The String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1845, when Mendelssohn was around 36 years old. The piece is scored for two violins, two violas and cello.

## Movements

Like all of Mendelssohn's string quartets, this work has four movements:

* Allegro vivace
* Andante scherzando
* Adagio e lento
* Allegro molto vivace

A typical performance lasts just under 30 minutes.

It was published posthumously in 1851 (described by its first publisher, Breitkopf und Härtel, as No. 16 der nachgelassenen Werke.)

